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  • You cannot currently buy any Xbox 360 content on xbox.com using your account balance, you can only use an active credit card or PayPal. To use your balance, you must make purchases on your console.  Unfortunately, even "purchasing" free content through the web site like trials requires an alternative method of payment tied to your account, though adding an empty MasterCard / Visa gift card that is registered for online purchases will work.  Xbox One games can be purchased on the web site with your account balance.
  • Some sales are intended for Gold subscribers only, as noted within each section.
    On Xbox One, Gold trials of any length work for sales and Games with Gold.  You must be an active Gold subscriber (paid or trial) to play Games with Gold purchases.
  • On Xbox 360, you must have at least a 1 month Gold subscription for sales and Games with Gold.  Neither 48 hour trials, 14 day trials nor free weekends qualify.

[*]All known sales and information on sales should make their way into the OP. Major Nelson usually updates his blog with new sales information every Tuesday.
[*]ALL OFFERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE! No information within this thread can or should be construed as accurate (or still valid), therefore ...
[*]Always verify Xbox Live Marketplace prices before your purchase!
[*]Spend wisely, have fun, and enjoy!
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Games with Gold

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Deals with Gold
 

1/1 - 1/7


[*]:xb1: Gas Guzzlers Extreme - $6.24 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Hyper Sentinel - $7.49 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Industry Giant 2 - $19.99 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Infinite Adventures - $18.74 - 25% off
[*]:xb1: Neighborhorde - $1.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Nidhogg 2 - $11.24 - 25% off
[*]:xb1: Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom - $7.50 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Space Hulk: Tactics - $26.79 - 33% off
[*]:xb1: Spintires: MudRunner - $8.75 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Steel Rain X - $6.69 - 33% off
[*]:xb1: Worms Battlegrounds - $6.25 - 75% off

12/18 - 12/24


[*]:xb1: Yoku's Island Express - $6.60 - 67% off
[*]:360: Dogfight 1942 - $2.49 - 75% off

[*]:360: Dungeon Defenders - $2.99 - 80% off

[*]:360: :xb1: Faery: Legends of Avalon - $1.49 - 80% off
12/11 - 12/17


[*]:xb1: Battlefield 4 - $5.00 - 75% off

[*]:xb1: Battlefield Anniversary Bundle - $20.00 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Battlefield Hardline Ultimate Edition - $9.00 - 85% off
[*]:xb1: Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon - $6.99 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: Dead Ahead Epic Military Pack - $3.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition - $10.00 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Handball 17 - $12.00 - 80% off
[*]:xb1: Hunting Simulator - $12.00 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Deluxier Edition - $10.49 - 30% off
[*]:xb1: The Long Reach - $6.00 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 & 2 Combo Pack - $15.00 - 50% off
[*]:xb1: Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1+2 - $29.99 - 25% off
[*]:xb1: Mirror's Edge Catalyst - $5.00 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Monster Hunter: World - $25.00 - 50% off

[*]:xb1: Moto Racer 4 - $6.00 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: MotoGP17 - $12.00 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Mugsters - $4.95 - 67% off
[*]:xb1: MXGP3 - $12.00 - 70% off
[*]:xb1: Sébastien Loeb Rally EVO - $5.00 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Spintires: MudRunner - American Wilds Edition - $29.99 - 25% off
[*]:xb1: Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax - $3.29 - 67% off
[*]:xb1: The Technomancer - $10.00 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Toy Odyssey - $5.99 - 60% off
[*]:xb1: V-Rally 4 - $40.19 - 33% off

[*]:xb1: Valentino Rossi The Game - $5.00 - 75% off
[*]:xb1: Yesterday Origins - $6.00 - 70% off
[*]:360: Abyss Odyssey - $7.49 - 50% off
[*]:360: Alien Rage - $2.99 - 80% off
[*]:360: Enemy Front - $5.99 - 85% off

[*]:360: God Mode - $4.99 - 50% off
[*]:360: :xb1: Persona 4 Arena - $7.49 - 50% off
[*]:360: Realms of Ancient War - $1.99 - 80% off
[*]:xbox: :360: :xb1: Panzer Dragoon Orta - $4.99 - 50% off
12/4 - 12/10


[*]:xb1: Clouds & Sheep 2 - $4.99 - 50% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: The Council - Complete Season - $20.09 - 33% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: The Count Lucanor - $7.49 - 50% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Flatout 4 : Total Insanity - $12.50 - 75% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Forza Horizon 3 Platinum Plus Expansions Bundle - $47.09 - 70% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Forza Horizon 3 and Forza Motorsport 6 Bundle - $31.99 - 60% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: The Journey Down Trilogy - $31.99 - 20% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Kinect Bundle: Kung-Fu & Air Guitar Warrior - $19.24 - 45% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Momonga Pinball Adventures - $4.19 - 30% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Need for Speed - $5.00 - 75% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Need for Speed Rivals - $5.00 - 75% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Need for Speed Ultimate Bundle - $20.00 - 80% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Peggle 2 - $2.40 - 80% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Seum: Speedrunners from Hell - $7.50 - 50% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter - $13.75 - 75% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Tour de France 2018 - $20.00 - 60% off - Price History
[*]:360: The Bureau: Xcom Declassified - $3.99 - 80% off - Price History
[*]:360: The Darkness - $3.99 - 80% off - Price History
[*]:360: Duke Nukem Forever - $3.99 - 80% off - Price History
[*]:360: Farming Simulator 15 - $4.99 - 75% off - Price History

[*]:360: Ride - $5.99 - 80% off - Price History
11/27 - 12/3


[*]:360: Conan - $2.99 - 85% off - Price History
[*]:360: Elements of Destruction - Full - $1.49 - 85% off - Price History
[*]:360: L.A. Noire - $8.99 - 70% off - Price History
[*]:360: Legend of Kay Anniversary - $4.49 - 85% off - Price History
[*]:360: :xb1: Mars: War Logs - $1.99 - 80% off - Price History
[*]:360: Sniper: Ghost Warrior

[*]:360: Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2

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Sales and Specials

Spotlight - 1/1 - 1/7

Spotlight - 12/18 - 12/24


[*]:xb1: The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker - $8.44 - 35% off
Spotlight - 12/11 - 12/17

The Game Awards - 12/6 - 12/9


[*]:xb1: Banner Saga 3 - $19.99 - 20% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Battlefield V - $35.99 - 40% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - $47.99 - 20% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: Dead Cells - $16.74 - 33% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Destiny 2: Forsaken - $29.99 - 25% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: Doom - $14.99 - 25% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Dragon Ball FighterZ - $24.00 - 60% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: Far Cry 5 - $30.00 - 50% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: FIFA 19 - $35.99 - 40% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: Forza Horizon 4 Standard Edition - $38.99 - 35% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: Grand Theft Auto V - $19.49 - 35% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: Life Is Strange 2 Episode 1 - $4.00 - 50% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Madden NFL 19 - $30.00 - 50% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: Mega Man 11 - $23.99 - 20% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Monster Hunter: World - $25.00 - 50% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: NBA 2K19 - $30.00 - 50% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: No Man's Sky - $39.99 - 20% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Overcooked! 2 - $18.74 - 25% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Red Dead Redemption 2: Special Edition - $71.99 - 10% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: Sea of Thieves - $29.99 - 50% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - $30.00 - 50% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: SoulCalibur VI - $41.99 - 30% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: Starlink: Battle For Atlas - $44.99 - 25% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: The Crew 2 Standard Edition - $24.00 - 60% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: The Elder Scrolls Online - $10.00 - 50% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories - $22.49 - 25% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege - $15.00 - 70% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: Transference - $14.99 - 40% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Valkyria Chronicles 4 - $30.00 - 50% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - $19.80 - 67% off - Price History

[*]:xb1: Yoku's Island Express - $6.60 - 67% off - Price History
Spotlight - 12/4 - 12/10


[*]:xb1: The Council

Party Time Sale - 12/4 - 12/10


[*]:xb1: Caveman Warriors - $3.74 - 75% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: ClusterTruck - $7.49 - 50% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Crazy Strike Bowling Ex - $6.49 - 50% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Cyber Complex - $4.99 - 50% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Deployment - $7.49 - 25% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Disco Dodgeball - Remix - $7.50 - 50% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Doughlings: Arcade - $5.24 - 25% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: DragoDino - $7.49 - 25% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Fru - $3.74 - 75% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Hyperdrive Massacre - $1.99 - 80% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Inversus Deluxe - $4.94 - 67% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: The Jackbox Party Pack - $14.99 - 40% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: The Jackbox Party Pack 2 - $14.99 - 40% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: The Jackbox Party Pack 3 - $17.49 - 30% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: The Jackbox Party Pack 4 - $17.49 - 30% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Jump Stars - $2.00 - 80% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes - $11.24 - 25% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Kung-Fu for Kinect - $11.99 - 40% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Lily's Epic Quest for Lost Gems - $2.79 - 60% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Mantis Burn Racing - $4.49 - 70% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Marooners - $4.99 - 50% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor - $11.99 - 40% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Numantia - $11.99 - 60% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: oOo: Ascension - $6.99 - 30% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Overcooked - $4.25 - 75% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Pang Adventures - $4.99 - 50% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Pool Nation FX - $2.70 - 70% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Riddled Corpses Ex - $8.03 - 33% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Riftstar Raiders - $11.99 - 40% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Rocket Wars - $3.99 - 50% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Snooker Nation Championship Game Preview - $1.80 - 70% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Speedrunners - $4.99 - 50% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Squid Hero for Kinect - $5.99 - 40% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure - $5.00 - 50% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Super Blackjack Battle II Turbo Edition - $4.79 - 40% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings - $5.00 - 75% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Super Toy Cars - $5.00 - 50% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Treadnauts - $7.49 - 25% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Tricky Towers - $5.99 - 60% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Ultimate Chicken Horse - $8.99 - 40% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Use Your Words - $7.49 - 50% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Wand Wars - $3.59 - 70% off - Price History
[*]:xb1: Wheelspin Frenzy - $4.99 - 50% off - Price History
Spotlight - 11/27 - 12/3


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Misc Drops


[*]:360: :xb1: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

[*]:360: :xb1: Epic Mickey 2: The Power Of Two - $6.59 - 67% off - Price History
[*]:360: :xb1: Crackdown - Free - Price History
[*]:xb1: The Shapeshifting Detective - $10.39 - 20% off - Price History - Preorder - Releases Nov 6
[*]:360: Battlefield Hardline Premium - $5.99 - 88% off - Price History
[*]:360: :xb1: Brütal Legend

[*]:xb1: Call Of Cthulhu - $53.99 - 10% off - Price History - Preorder - Releases Oct 29
[*]:360: :xb1: Gears of War 2 - Permanent Drops

[*]:360: :xb1: Gears of War 3 - Permanent Drops

[*]:360:  :xb1: Halo: Reach - Noble Map Pack - Free

 
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For those who have game pass, does the rise of the tomb raider include the extra content or just the base game?
I was going to buy the 20th anniversary pack for $12 and then later get the game pass one month for $1..... but if it's all included in the pass, I will hold off buying the game.
 
dennisb407 said:
After seeing alot of people here talk about MS rewards, I decieded to dabble in it this week, doing polls, quizzes, visiting pages..etc. I see where you log into the rewards on consecutive days you get bonus points. Ive been logging in for 4 days straight, go in this morning and they tell me I missed a day so I've been reset. Im like wtf. Seems too much of a hassle to gather that many points to redeem for XBL or giftcards.
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If you don't mind using bing, you can just switch to that and do searches as you normally would. Once a month or so you'll be able to grab $5-$10 free depending on how much searching you do.
 
I'm going with the following, which are all paid for with Bing points minus a couple dollars.  

Disney Afternoon Collection

Unravel 2

Fear Effect John Cena

Mafia 3 Dexlue Edition

Ori

Battleship

Zombie Army Trilogy

Yooka Laylee 

Rock of Ages 2

Sniper Elite 3 Ultimate Edition

I have 2 Bing accounts and seriously, it takes about 3 minutes each for me to do all my searches for both of them.  I do them at work like another member said so it's not an issue.  I've seen worse uses of people's time and all those above games was only about 2 months worth of searches combined with the discount on $5 giftcards.  Not to mention the free gold I use them for every year.   

2 questions

1. Are the Plants Vs. Zombies console games multiplayer only or is there any single player or bots stuff to make it worth a purchase, not a big multiplayer fan.  

2.  Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition is listed for $10 on the homepage, is that the best version, and if not, is there a lot of content I would have to buy seperately?  Is it better to wait on the other version? 

Thanks in advance. 

 
jsivley said:
Got Burnout Remasted and Cuphead with my free email money. Also picked up Little Nightmares. Now I read a couple posts above that LN runs better on PS4 Pro and I’m a little bummed I picked it up on Xbox. I have both an X and a Pro. Hopefully an X enhancement comes along before I get around to playing it
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I did misquote Little Nightmares as 1800p, it's actually 1620p. But yeah, I've become a little obsessed with owning the best version of a game between consoles. I was making a list of games that are still better on PS4 Pro because they haven't received Xbox One X enhancements. So far it's:

Assassin's Creed Syndicate (1620p on PS4)

Assassin's Creed Ezio Collection (2160p on PS4)

Batman Return to Arkham (Even with the X patch it's still slightly better on PS4)

Call of Duty Black Ops III (Checker 4k on PS4)

Call of Duty Modern Warfare Remastered (1620p on PS4)

Dark Souls 3 (? slight increase in framerate)

Deus Ex Mankind (Checker 4k on PS4)

Little Nightmares (1620p on PS4)

Metal Gear V Phantom Pain (1800p? on PS4)

Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor (4k on PS4)

Sniper Elite 4 (draw distance, geometric detail, lighting, shadows, reflections, improved performance)

South Park: The Fractured But Whole (?)

Watch Dogs 2 (?)

However, this is only Pro enhanced games, there are games that were not patched for either system that run better on PS4. For example Batman Arkham Knight is 1080p on both PS4s and 900p on both Xbox Ones

 
megamanxyz said:
1. Are the Plants Vs. Zombies console games multiplayer only or is there any single player or bots stuff to make it worth a purchase, not a big multiplayer
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I can speak for the second game that yes, there is an a.i. with bots for good portions of the game. I don't remember if there is a multiplayer-only mode (been a while since I last played) but you can absolutely play it solo and still get enjoyment out of it. There is not really a campaign though, just as a heads up
 
idogames said:
If you don't mind using bing, you can just switch to that and do searches as you normally would. Once a month or so you'll be able to grab $5-$10 free depending on how much searching you do.
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yea thank you. I switched to Bing from Google the other day after seeing you can get 150 points daily from searching
 
megamanxyz said:
2. Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition is listed for $10 on the homepage, is that the best version, and if not, is there a lot of content I would have to buy seperately? Is it better to wait on the other version?

Thanks in advance.
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No. The “ultimate” edition does not contain the Awakening expansion. You’ll need to get the “complete” edition to get everything.
 
Donken said:
I guess if you consider it a hassle...
I have gotten my last 3 years of XBL paid for by bing and on this most recent discount I think I got $145 cashed out between discounted Xbox credit and emails.
Bing bought me...
Assassins Creed Odyssey
Steep
Middle Earth Shadow of War Definitive
SSX 3
Battle Chasers Nightwar
And that’s just from this sale, I bought 9 other games during Black Friday sale with bing credits.
IMO Bing is the best loyalty program any gaming company has to offer. I hope it never goes away. Just a few button clicks per day and so much free gaming.
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That's an impressive haul. Now how long did it take you to acquire all that? At least a year, I reckon. If you didn't mind spending the time to accumulate those points, that's great, but you're either spending time or money to get XBL Gold - and time is much more valuable to me personally. You can always make more money, but how do you make more time?

Back when GS flips were still a thing, you'd only need to spend 5 minutes per weekend to learn what games were valued highly enough that they paid you more to trade them in than it cost you to buy them from them in the first place. Now, the time it takes to travel from one store to another to accumulate thousands in GS credit really was well-spent. Those days are mostly gone, but even now, occasionally they'll pay you more for something than you paid them. You just have to anticipate what would be popular or niche enough to trade for high value, so in that sense, it's kind of like picking stocks.

As for something you can do just from your computer, there are smarter ways too, as long as you don't mind not having year-long coverage. The $1 months happen at least 4 times a year: Thanksgiving is one time, Christmas is another. So that's almost half a year covered already just for waiting for the right times to come like clockwork. To cover the rest of the months, you use a cashback site. There's one site that gives you $2 when you sign up for 1 month of Gold, $5 for 3 months, and $10 for a year. And guess what? The sales for XBL Gold are much more frequent than the $1 months. The sale prices from Microsoft directly are 3 months for $9.99 or a year for $39.99. So after the cashback, that's 3 mo./$5 or 12 mo./$30. So you can pay $30 for a year of Gold outright if you don't feel like waiting for more opportune sales, or use Bing everyday until you get tired of it. I just do the $1 months and 3 mo./$5, and I miss maybe 3 months in a year when I don't have Gold.
 
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whitereflection said:
That's an impressive haul. Now how long did it take you to acquire all that? At least a year, I reckon. If you didn't mind spending the time to accumulate those points, that's great, but you're either spending time or money to get XBL Gold - and time is much more valuable to me personally. You can always make more money, but how do you make more time?
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About 3 months for the $145, they had the double points month and the Battlefield bonus plus quests etc. It takes less time to get my daily points then it does to read your full post. If my time was worth so much I wouldn’t be reading these forums or playing video games or watching Infinity War right now.
 
Donken said:
About 3 months for the $145, they had the double points month and the Battlefield bonus plus quests etc. It takes less time to get my daily points then it does to read your full post. If my time was worth so much I wouldn’t be reading these forums or playing video games or watching Infinity War right now.
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The Battlefield punch card only worked because CDkeys sold a month of EA Access for ~$2. The double points month only happens twice a year. It would normally take you over a year to acquire that haul, though maybe you have more than one account.
 
whitereflection said:
The Battlefield punch card only worked because CDkeys sold a month of EA Access for ~$2. The double points month only happens twice a year. It would normally take you over a year to acquire that haul, though maybe you have more than one account.
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Sign up for 4.99 EA then cancel, I have 2, one for me and one for my wife. 3 years ago I had 5 accounts but they got banned so now I just maintain the 2 to not risk it. Your correct many things were luck this year like emails with gift cards too, but it seems like random extra stuff happens often.
 
RedPandaKids said:
It’s not consecutive days logging in,
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Actually...[attachment=31546:msrewards.png]

Multiple threads on people saying their daily streaks glitched and have to start from scratch online. But do my op to start anything with anyone. If people love MS rewards cool, if people dislike MS rewards cool. I said what I said and Im going to keep it moving. Merry Christmas and happy holidays

 
My streak is still good, but honestly they are basically worthless. I wouldn't sweat it if you dropped one. You also get points back on purchases and if your high enough star rank that can be quite lucrative. That's supposedly changing after the new year so I'll see how it plays out. 

That said people spending time posting about other people's time spent on MS Rewards is easily the dumbest thing in this thread, and that's  saying something. 

 
Bowie88 said:
I find it weird that Dragon Ball Xenoverse has the game and season pass on sale but for Xenoverse 2, it's only the base game. Every other time the game has been on sale, the deluxe version with the pass has as well. I was banking for the game and pass. Now I'm at a loss
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I'm in the same boat. I recently got back into the game and was looking forward to picking up the DLC on sale, but alas it's not on sale. Oh well, I think I'm only missing out on some outfits and more characters with spiky hair.


Curse you M$! I picked up the Capcom Collection DLC the last time it was on sale, but the base game still hasn't been on sale since. You got me good, Major Dickface.
 
dennisb407 said:
Actually...
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Multiple threads on people saying their daily streaks glitched and have to start from scratch online. But do my op to start anything with anyone. If people love MS rewards cool, if people dislike MS rewards cool. I said what I said and Im going to keep it moving. Merry Christmas and happy holidays
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The daily set that is the basis of streak appears to update at midnight for your local time, though it doesn't seem to count unless you do it later in the day. I've had a few streaks broken because I did the set shortly after midnight. The daily search counter seems to reset sometime between 3am and 4am Eastern (or around midnight Pacific, when MS HQ's day flips), maybe that's when it's safe to do the daily set.

The streak bonus is simply 15 points x the number of days in the streak. You start out working toward a 3 day streak for 45 points, capping at 10 day streaks for 150 points. There are no extra bonuses for a longer streak, just some badges that seem to be applying one of the useless things from XBL Rewards that also don't account for anything in MS Rewards. So if your streak is broken, you're not out of a lot of points.

The program has a number of issues, particularly with poor / inconsistent stat tracking, but overall it's a decent payoff for little effort.

 
Microsoft rewards is easy money. I spend a couple minutes a day doing the activities which are often kind of fun. That's totally fine if it's not for you but don't knock it.
 
p0rn0saur said:
That said people spending time posting about other people's time spent on MS Rewards is easily the dumbest thing in this thread, and that's saying something.
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Exactly. This is cheapassgamer after all, anything to get it for as little as possible. How you go about it varies and no one way works for everyone
 
Donken said:
About 3 months for the $145, they had the double points month and the Battlefield bonus plus quests etc. It takes less time to get my daily points then it does to read your full post. If my time was worth so much I wouldn’t be reading these forums or playing video games or watching Infinity War right now.
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I call bullshit that in 3 months you accumulated enough points to cash out and get $145.UNLESS you had 2-4 accounts doing the same then yes that would be possible but a single account nah that would be complete bullshit.
 
whitereflection said:
That's an impressive haul. Now how long did it take you to acquire all that? At least a year, I reckon. If you didn't mind spending the time to accumulate those points, that's great, but you're either spending time or money to get XBL Gold - and time is much more valuable to me personally. You can always make more money, but how do you make more time?

Back when GS flips were still a thing, you'd only need to spend 5 minutes per weekend to learn what games were valued highly enough that they paid you more to trade them in than it cost you to buy them from them in the first place. Now, the time it takes to travel from one store to another to accumulate thousands in GS credit really was well-spent. Those days are mostly gone, but even now, occasionally they'll pay you more for something than you paid them. You just have to anticipate what would be popular or niche enough to trade for high value, so in that sense, it's kind of like picking stocks.

As for something you can do just from your computer, there are smarter ways too, as long as you don't mind not having year-long coverage. The $1 months happen at least 4 times a year: Thanksgiving is one time, Christmas is another. So that's almost half a year covered already just for waiting for the right times to come like clockwork. To cover the rest of the months, you use a cashback site. There's one site that gives you $2 when you sign up for 1 month of Gold, $5 for 3 months, and $10 for a year. And guess what? The sales for XBL Gold are much more frequent than the $1 months. The sale prices from Microsoft directly are 3 months for $9.99 or a year for $39.99. So after the cashback, that's 3 mo./$5 or 12 mo./$30. So you can pay $30 for a year of Gold outright if you don't feel like waiting for more opportune sales, or use Bing everyday until you get tired of it. I just do the $1 months and 3 mo./$5, and I miss maybe 3 months in a year when I don't have Gold.
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Man, how long did it take you to type all that?

 
Gurren Lagann said:
I call bullshit that in 3 months you accumulated enough points to cash out and get $145.UNLESS you had 2-4 accounts doing the same then yes that would be possible but a single account nah that would be complete bullshit.
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2 accounts, mine and my wife has one

$5 was from an email so then $140/2= $70 per account
70/5= 14 $5 cards which is 3,500 points x 14 = 49,000 points

Double points in Oct =
500 per day + 50 from daily bonus = 17,050
Sept = 9,000 (250 per day + 50 daily)
Nov = 9,000
150 every ten days = 450 per month X 3= 1,350
Battlefield bonus = 6,000 and 500 for an achievement = 6,500

We’re at 42,900, then you factor in emails with 50 pts each about once a week and % back on purchases from the first gift card purchases and the quests on the Xbox app for 5-10 pts that refresh every couple days and maybe it’s slightly more then 3 months? So yes, 2 accounts but with all the extras lately it was about 3 months.
 
I just started doing my bing rewards stuff again 2 months ago and Ive managed to get 38k points off of purchases and doing daily stuff.  Its not that hard to earn points im just saying.  That being said I bought a year of xbox live for 24k points worth it in my books,

 
Donken said:
2 accounts, mine and my wife has one

$5 was from an email so then $140/2= $70 per account
70/5= 14 $5 cards which is 3,500 points x 14 = 49,000 points

Double points in Oct =
500 per day + 50 from daily bonus = 17,050
Sept = 9,000 (250 per day + 50 daily)
Nov = 9,000
150 every ten days = 450 per month X 3= 1,350
Battlefield bonus = 6,000 and 500 for an achievement = 6,500

We’re at 42,900, then you factor in emails with 50 pts each about once a week and % back on purchases from the first gift card purchases and the quests on the Xbox app for 5-10 pts that refresh every couple days and maybe it’s slightly more then 3 months? So yes, 2 accounts but with all the extras lately it was about 3 months.
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Good shit man I also have 2 accounts that does the mobile/pc/edge daily and 2 more that just does pc/edge on xbox.
 
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The DLC for Asura's Wrath is required if you want the whole story, correct? It's currently on sale and think I'll pick it up if it's necessary to get the true ending.
 
Just finished the 12 days challenge on TA
I forget who said it, but you can really clean up the 12th challenge in killer instinct, I got 7 or 8 in less than 30mins
So whomever you are just remember, you the real MVP
 
Yup lost my streak, no idea what happened. Interesting others had the same issue.

dennisb407 said:
Actually...
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Multiple threads on people saying their daily streaks glitched and have to start from scratch online. But do my op to start anything with anyone. If people love MS rewards cool, if people dislike MS rewards cool. I said what I said and Im going to keep it moving. Merry Christmas and happy holidays
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*** free fandango now money ***

On your roku there are 3 adds giving 4.99 each fandango money. Gieco, target, and durrecelle. Just keep clicking. Home till you get the right add
 
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Bloomy said:
The daily set that is the basis of streak appears to update at midnight for your local time, though it doesn't seem to count unless you do it later in the day. I've had a few streaks broken because I did the set shortly after midnight. The daily search counter seems to reset sometime between 3am and 4am Eastern (or around midnight Pacific, when MS HQ's day flips), maybe that's when it's safe to do the daily set.

The streak bonus is simply 15 points x the number of days in the streak. You start out working toward a 3 day streak for 45 points, capping at 10 day streaks for 150 points. There are no extra bonuses for a longer streak, just some badges that seem to be applying one of the useless things from XBL Rewards that also don't account for anything in MS Rewards. So if your streak is broken, you're not out of a lot of points.

The program has a number of issues, particularly with poor / inconsistent stat tracking, but overall it's a decent payoff for little effort.
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There are multiple badges for the Daily streaks. The last 2 for getting 365 days and 999 days streak are tough to earn in my opinion. I am close to earning the 365 day one. Like you said, I have no idea what these badges are for other than trying to earn them all like achievements I guess?

I kind of like the silly ones they have for points earned. The DOS Boss one for earning 8088 points made me smile.

 
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There are some good deals going on but I have most of what I’ve wanted. I’d like The Bioshock collection but i already have the 360versions. Is the dlc worth buying them again? Any cheap suggestions?
 
mrclutch said:
thanks. I’m really just hoping to find a $39 black or white
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You're best off setting a deal alert on slickdeals as $40 controllers pop up just about every month. If you need it now, the controller + cable is probably the best deal at $48 from Best Buy and Walmart. eBay is another option depending on your comfort level.

 
Are newer controllers better at keeping usb cords plugged in and not disconnecting if the wire gets slightly shifted to the side?

 
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